Half title page -- Full title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Royal Centers and their Rulers -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Drawing on original Burmese texts and illustrations, recent scholarship and mapping, Mandalay and the Art of Building Cities in Burma argues that the founding of Mandalay shifted critically in emphasis and scale from a protocol that established the royal city as a 'cosmic city' to one that materialized the royal capital as a sanctuary. In the process, the founding protocol used Buddhist narratives as models for action and drastically altered patterns of spatial order prevalent at former royal capitals. The book renews scholarly discussion on Southeast Asian urban traditions and offers a critic
